Angry. Jealous. Casandra couldn't quite figure out what she was feeling. What was clear was that her chest felt like it was burning as she saw Alexander and Cesilia being affectionate like this. However, she tried to hide her mixed emotions and gracefully walked towards the wardrobe, ignoring Cesilia's presence as she now sat on Alexander's lap. As if nothing was happening in the room, Casandra began organizing the clothes inside the wardrobe. Her hands were trembling, cold sweat formed on her forehead, and she struggled to contain the tightness in her chest while taking out and moving the items from the suitcase into the wardrobe. Casandra had no intention whatsoever to even glance at Cesilia and Alexander sitting on the edge of the bed. It was as if she didn't have any feelings in her heart. It was as if Alexander and Cesilia were her masters. "Please respect Casandra's presenc

"How are you, dear?" Lastri asked as soon as she saw Casandra coming with Meri. This was the second time she met her daughter since officially becoming Alexander's wife. "I'm fine, Mom." Casandra reached for Lastri's hand and kissed the back of it. "How about your father?" She looked at her first love, who was still lying in the hospital bed. "Dad is getting better. If his condition continues to stabilize like this, he might be able to go home for outpatient care the day after tomorrow." Casandra pulled the corners of her lips closer to her father. "I hope so, I really miss Dad," she said, glancing back and forth between her mother and father. "Your father also misses you, dear. Since he woke up until now, he's been asking about your whereabouts." "I miss Dad too." She held her father's hand, releasing the overwhelming longing she felt. "

"Alexander, what's wrong?""It's nothing. Go to sleep, I have something to do for a moment." Alexander gently touched Cesilia's head, grabbed his pajamas, and moved to sit on the sofa. Cesilia couldn't help but feel that something was amiss with her husband, especially after they had planned to have their wedding night just now. However, after Alexander entered the room, he changed his mind and decided not to proceed. Cesilia didn't know what was wrong, but she realized that she didn't feel any pain at all. Just a little discomfort. When she checked, she also couldn't find any stains on the bedsheet.Her friends had told her that there would be pain and bloodstains after a man entered her body.Not wanting to speculate and think negatively, Cesilia put her nightgown back on before following Alexander. Her steps were slow, just like when she opened the door to the room. She was taken aback when she saw Alexander sitting in the chair, gazing at the ceiling. He didn't seem to be engaged

"Finally, you've arrived." Alexander hurriedly closed the document in front of him, signaling Robert to leave the room.Casandra's arrival meant he no longer had time to attend to all the work. It was lunchtime, and he felt even hungrier when he saw Casandra holding the lunchbox in her right hand. Alexander couldn't wait to taste his wife's homemade lunch."That's what happens when you're newlyweds; you always want to be together until I get kicked out like this," grumbled Robert, leaving Alexander's office. He wanted to join them for lunch, but he didn't want to disturb the newlywed couple's intimacy.Alexander chuckled in response to Robert's complaint. "That's why you should marry your sweetheart from back then, so you can experience what we're feeling now.""Just wait for my turn. Prepare a very special gift so that my marriage won't be in vain.""Are you getting married for happiness or for gifts from me?""Whatever your opinion about my marriage, I do expect a significant gift f

Instead of listening to Cesilia's words, Alexander tightened his embrace around Casandra, burying and dissolving all the sadness he was feeling at the moment. If he had the chance to be honest and grant Cesilia's request, Alexander would have asked her to disappear from his sight along with Casandra. Alexander didn't want Casandra to witness the intense pain he felt, which pierced his heart, not out of love, but because of the betrayal she had committed, tarnishing his reputation and disrespecting him as a husband. "Just be honest with me, Alexander. Was it that woman who made you turn away from me, unable to forgive and instead pronounce the talaq on me?" Cesilia tried to approach Alexander and Casandra, who were quite far from where she stood. Casandra's body tensed upon hearing Cesilia's words. "Lex, is what she said true?" Casandra asked. She hoped Cesilia's claim of the talaq was not true at all, as she didn't want to be involved in a divorce like this. She wasn't ready to face